Filmwasters
Which Board? => Articles => : Indofunk June 16, 2025, 07:22:33 PM
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As many of you know, I am a big fan of what I like to call "alternate process" photography, by which I just mean that I never shoot film according to the box instructions. Usually this goes one of two ways: 1. underexposing negative film and either push processing or processing normally, or 2. slightly overexposing color reversal film and cross-processing in C41. I'm going to focus on the first one right now, and just give examples of the most common ways I push film. Thanks to Peter, I now have a new way to push film (which is what inspired this post).
First, my old favorite go-to: B&W 400 film exposed at 1600 and stand developed in HC110 (at a 1.6:100 dilution for 1 hour with an agitation at 30min). This is Kentmere 400.
(https://www.indofunkstudios.com/images/dev_schemes/Kentmere-1600-HC110-stand.jpg)
Kentmere 400 @1600 / HC110 1.6:100 1hr
I also expose color negative 400 film at 1600, but I process standard C41, no need to push process.
(https://www.indofunkstudios.com/images/dev_schemes/Gold-1600-C41.jpg)
Kodak Gold 400 @1600 / C41
Here's an example of XP2 at 1600, also standard C41.
(https://www.indofunkstudios.com/images/dev_schemes/XP2-1600-C41.jpg)
Ilford XP2 @1600 / C41
Now, Peter's dev scheme: this is HP5+ at 6400 developed in HC110 dilution B for 40 minutes, with agitation every 5 minutes.
(https://www.indofunkstudios.com/images/dev_schemes/HP5-6400-HC110B.jpg)
HP5+ @6400 / HC110B 40min
Here's a bonus shot. Just to prove that to my eyes Kentmere is 100% the exact same film as HP5, this is Kentmere at 6400 in HC110B for 40min.
(https://www.indofunkstudios.com/images/dev_schemes/Kentmere-6400-HC110B.jpg)
Kentmere @6400 / HC110B 40min
Finally, I tried shooting XP2 at 6400 and developing normally in C41. I think the only reason it even came out is because the shot was very well lit. But that didn't spare it from the extreme grain 😁 I don't think I'll be using this scheme again 😉
(https://www.indofunkstudios.com/images/dev_schemes/XP2-6400-C41.jpg)
XP2 @6400 / C41
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You know what? Just for fun, here's a bunch of cross processed reversal film. Most of these are expired, bought off of eBay, slightly but hopefully not too abused, and exposed at +1EV. Of course, the final look of the photo is determined by my mood on the day that I processed them, so this isn't a scientific study of exactly what each of these films looks like when it's cross processed, but this is just a bit of fun 😊
Ektachrome Elite II EB100
(https://www.indofunkstudios.com/images/dev_schemes/Ektachrome-EliteIIEB100.jpg)
Ektachrome 160T
(https://www.indofunkstudios.com/images/dev_schemes/Ektachrome160T.jpg)
Ektachrome 50HC
(https://www.indofunkstudios.com/images/dev_schemes/Ektachrome50HC.jpg)
Ektachrome E100
(https://www.indofunkstudios.com/images/dev_schemes/EktachromeE100.jpg)
Ektachrome EPR64
(https://www.indofunkstudios.com/images/dev_schemes/EktachromeEPR64.jpg)
Ektachrome EPW100
(https://www.indofunkstudios.com/images/dev_schemes/EktachromeEPW100.jpg)
Ektachrome EPY 64T
(https://www.indofunkstudios.com/images/dev_schemes/EktachromeEPY64T.jpg)
New Ektachrome
(https://www.indofunkstudios.com/images/dev_schemes/New-Ektachrome.jpg)
Fuji 64T
(https://www.indofunkstudios.com/images/dev_schemes/Fuji64T.jpg)
Sensia 100
(https://www.indofunkstudios.com/images/dev_schemes/Sensia100.jpg)
Velvia 50
(https://www.indofunkstudios.com/images/dev_schemes/Velvia50.jpg)